terminal emulator

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terminal emulator

(communications)

A program that allows a computer to act like
a (particular brand of) terminal, e.g. a vt-100. The
computer thus appears as a terminal to the host computer and
accepts the same escape sequences for functions such as
cursor positioning and clearing the screen.

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